'Walker, Texas Ranger' gets woke reboot, to star 'gay, nservative' character - TheBlaze

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• PRETTY LTLE LIARS‘ KEEGAN ALLEN JOS THE CW’S WALKER AS THE TEXAS RANGER’S GAY, CONSERVATIVE YOUNGER BROTHER
• 'WALKER, TEXAS RANGER' GETS WOKE REBOOT, TO STAR 'GAY, NSERVATIVE' CHARACTER
• THE FAST AND FUR MOVI HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GAY

PRETTY LTLE LIARS‘ KEEGAN ALLEN JOS THE CW’S WALKER AS THE TEXAS RANGER’S GAY, CONSERVATIVE YOUNGER BROTHER

More often, we're seeg shows cut out some of the more toxic trop that rce queer characters to edy relief or fall to the "bury your gays" trope that brgs the characters to a tragic end. Keegan Allen's character, Liam, don't hge on tragedy or homophobia to exist the fictnal "Walker" world. On how 's felt brgg this Texas story to morn tim by playg an accepted and loved gay character stead of the typil doom and gloom angl that plague LGBTQ+ relatnships on TV, Allen exprsed his appreciatn to take on this character.

Pretty Ltle Liars‘ Keegan Allen Jos The CW’s Walker as the Texas Ranger’s Gay, Conservative Younger Brother. Allen’s character, Liam Walker, is a gay nservative who was jt promoted to assistant district attorney.

How has felt to be a part of brgg this Texas story to morn tim by playg an accepted and loved gay character stead of the typil doom and gloom angl that [are] often [the] foc of LGBTQ+ relatnships on TV?

'WALKER, TEXAS RANGER' GETS WOKE REBOOT, TO STAR 'GAY, NSERVATIVE' CHARACTER

He is a smart, slightly smug, but wh a strong moral pass, Liam is Walker's younger gay and liberal brother who has been recently promoted to assistant DA.

Corll Walker's new partner will be a woman and his younger brother will be gay.

THE FAST AND FUR MOVI HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GAY

Here's his character scriptn, per Variety:Dcribed as smart, slightly smug, but wh a strong moral pass, Liam is Walker's younger gay and nservative brother who has been recently promoted to assistant DA.

"Knowg the CW, now that Walker is back, Liam will have plenty of opportuny to explore his gay personal life for dienc to watch, " Newsbters said s verage of the story. Hobbs & Shaw is only the latt example of the seri’ not-so-thly-veiled homoeroticism.

Although I have no doubt a steady supply of biki-clad track marshals and powerful gas pedals has succsfully hid this fact om most viewers, the Fast and Fur movi are, and have always been, tremendoly gay, on a level—as the scene above—that nearly leav behd subtext for full-on text.

If the origal The Fast and the Fur was provably a remake of Pot Break wh r-drivg thiev stead of surfg bank robbers, s weird homoerotic energy may have been hered. But wh a steady stream of smolrg star, mcle T’s, and roguish flirtatn via three-ton racg vehicle, the te romantic subjects and their “torrid, homoerotic-bromantic chemistry” was hard to miss. ” The article add, hilarly, “Diel claims he prefers to date Europe, ” a perhaps untend dog whistle to every gay boy whose middle school girliend went to a different school.

Perez Hilton, then his heyday, headled his dispatch on the ments, “V Diel Is Still Not Gay (Allegedly). ” Chosen fay— don’t get much gayer than that.

The followg characters intify as members of the LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer) muny. Liam Walker is a gay character om Walker.

Noah Walker is a gay character om The Fosters. GAY. Dylan Walker is a gay character om Pretty Ltle Liars: The Perfectnists.

A gay district attorney, his character stepped to re for Walker’s kids after his wife passed. Jann Walker is a gay character om Valkyria Chronicl.

Jann is portrayed as beg homosexual, both how his b stat that he is enamored wh mcular men, to how he has the "Fanci Men" potential his stats, an attribute which is typilly only applied to female characters.